Age-specific and sex-specific adult mortality risk in India in 2014: analysis of 0·27 million nationally surveyed deaths and demographic estimates from 597 districts

• Main Authors: Prof. Usha Ram, PhD (Author), Prof. Prabhat Jha, DPhil (Author), Patrick Gerland, PhD (Author), Ryan J Hum, MEng (Author), Peter Rodriguez, MSA (Author), Wilson Suraweera, MSc (Author), Kaushalendra Kumar, MPS (Author), Prof. Rajesh Kumar, MD (Author), Rajesh Dikshit, PhD (Author), Prof. Denis Xavier, MD (Author), Rajeev Gupta, MD (Author), Prakash C Gupta, DSc (Author), Prof. Faujdar Ram, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: As child mortality decreases rapidly worldwide, premature adult mortality is becoming an increasingly important contributor to global mortality. Any possible worldwide reduction of premature adult mortality before the age of 70 years will depend on progress in India. Indian districts inc...